How do you feel? (bekymret, overrasket, ked af)

Saying how you feel

Many feelings are simple adjectives after er:

DanishEnglish
bekymretworried
overrasketsurprised
lykkelighappy (deeply, in life)
heldiglucky
We were very surprised.
Vi blev meget overrasket.

Glad is the everyday happy (glad for kaffe); lykkelig is happiness with your life:

They are happy together.
De er lykkelige sammen.

Feelings with a preposition

Others come as fixed phrases, and the preposition belongs to the phrase:

I am sorry about it.
Jeg er ked af det.
I am crazy about cake!
Jeg er vild med kage!

How are you?

The answer to Hvordan har du det? uses have det godt: I have it good.

føle is to feel something — a feeling or a touch. To feel ill or tired you say føle sig: Jeg føler mig træt.

I can feel the sun.
Jeg kan føle solen.

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